The Fred Winter Collection

Olympia: Palaistra: E side seen from S (Professor Fred Winter, 1983)

The Fred Winter Collection

Olympia: Palaistra: S side seen from E (Professor Fred Winter, 1983)

Freddie Mercury and other Classical Poets

The Institute’s third lecture of 2019 will take place on Wednesday 20 February, starting at 7.30 pm in the library of the Institute (Dionysiou Aiginitou 7, ground floor, Ilisia. Metro: Megaro Mousikis). Dr C. W. (Toph) Marshall (Professor, Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, University of British Columbia; Elizabeth A. Whitehead Visiting Professor, ASCSA) will give a lecture entitled, “Freddie Mercury and other Classical Poets”.

“This paper considers the examination of the reception of classical myth in selected modern poetry, with detailed examples from Zbigniew Herbert, Michael Ondaatje, and the rock group Queen. To what extent is the interpretation of antiquity an elite activity? how much class is in Classics? and what can classical reception do about it?”

You are all most welcome to join us next Wednesday evening for what promises to be a fascinating presentation.

Jonathan Tomlinson
Assistant Director

The Fred Winter Collection

Mistra: telephoto of Palace of the Despotes from Frankish castle (Professor Fred Winter, 1983)

The Fred Winter Collection

Mistra: telephoto of Palace of the Despotes from Frankish castle (Professor Fred Winter, 1983)

The Archaeological Survey of the Bouros-Kastri Peninsula, Southern Euboia

The Institute’s second lecture of 2019 will take place on Wednesday 6 February, starting at 7.30 pm in the library of the Institute (Dionysiou Aiginitou 7, ground floor, Ilisia. Metro: Megaro Mousikis). Dr Jere Wickens (Department of Anthropology, Lawrence University & ASCSA) will give a talk entitled, “The Archaeological Survey of the Bouros-Kastri Peninsula, Southern Euboia”.

“The Bouros-Kastri peninsula at the southeastern tip of Euboia was previously overlooked in the archaeological literature. The survey by the Southern Euboea Exploration Project, conducted under the aegis of the Canadian Institute in Greece, provides important information about fluctuations in long-term use and habitation of this agriculturally marginal part of the Karystia. After modest use during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, the peninsula was virtually abandoned until the Late Archaic–Early Classical period, followed by near desertion in the 3rd century BCE, a resurgence of activity in the Late Roman period, and modest use in Byzantine and Ottoman times. The talk will address the use of the peninsula in these periods, how its use was connected to that of the main urban center at Karystos, and how its small coastal inlets and its important port of Geraistos connected the peninsula and the greater Karystia to the political, economic, and cultural spheres of Athens and the broader region.”

You are all most welcome to join us next Wednesday evening to learn more about the Institute’s fieldwork in southern Euboea.

Jonathan Tomlinson
Assistant Director